VOLUME XVIL-NUDIBER 16. TEE POTTER JOURNAL rußpstiEn BY W-11.1c.t.larney, Proprietor. $1.50 PR YEAR, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. * * *Devotea to the cause of Republicanism, "the interests of Agriculture, the advancement of Education, and the be - it good of Potter county: Owning no guide ',except that of Principle, it will endeaver to aid iu the work of more fully Freedomizing our Country?, ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at tue ionowmg Tates, except where special bargains are made. 1 Square [lO lines] 1 insertion, - - - $1 50 1 „ 3 it -- - 200 . subsequent insertionless than 13, 40 1 Squate three months, --- - - - 400 1 cc six u 700 1 " nine 1 ' ---- - - - 10 00 1. " one year, ' 1° 00 1 Column six months, 7 30 00 .i. gc , gc it 17 00 II ~ r . II IC - 3 1 " per year. 5O 00 a. " "".: _ _._ _ ~_ .„ 30 . 00 Administrator's or Executor's Notice, .3 00 Business Cards, Spites or less, per year 6 00 Special and Eilitonial Notices, per linc, l , 20 *All tcansient advertisements must be paid in advance, iind no notice will be taken of advertisements from a distance, unless they are accompanied by the money or satisfactory reference. I;lzinks, anti Job Work of all kinds, at, tended to promptly and faithfully. --- BUSINESS CARDS Free and Accepted Anciznt York Masons. 1-41ULA.1.1.A. LODGE, No. 312, F.: S.. M. STITED Meetings on the 2nd and dth?edn'es. • days of each month. Also Masonic z.ather ings GU every Wednesday livening. fur *ork n.nd practic e , at their flail in Coudersport !11. C. LAILUIDED, W. M. M. W. keolcArNEr, r. 1 ,11N . S. MANN, TTOTINI.I7 AND (:01..7Nr:I'll.l..011 AT LAW, C o uder..pon, 1"0., 111 , ..t . 1.1 the several Courts in Pout r and ..\1:1 , :eao Co unt i e s. An 'business calm-led in his care c, ill r+2o(.l'it prompt f‘tier.tier.. 01lice corner of West and Third . ARTLIUR, G. OLMSTED, COUNSELLCIR' AT LAW, Condtntport, Pa., will I , AtAf.ral to alt,intsiness eatrn . ited care, with pr , _ mi.tta. , 'and (.11fire. (.)7, co:na4 of Main and Fogrth srects. _11.; BENSON. EIMI .A.TTOTZ.NrEI. - AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will attend to all business entrusted to him, with care and pt . oniptness. 13ilice on Second. st., near the A F. W. KNOX, ATTORNEY 'AT LAW, Coudersport. Pa., will regularl); attend the Courts in Potter and the adjoining Counties. 0. T. ELLISON, [ PRICTICING PHYSICIAN, Coudersport, Pa. respectfully informs, the eitir. , ms. of the vii luge and vicinity that promply re spond to all calls fir .professional service; Otlice on Main st., in building formerly oc . dupied by C. W. Ellis, EF.,(I. C. S. & E. A. JONES, I3ALETIS IS DrwGs, MEDICINES, PAINTS Oils, Fancy Articles,Stationery, Dry Good! Groceries, Ec., Main st., Coudersport, Pa. D. E. OLMSTED, DEALER INT DRY GOODS, r,EADy_2(TADE Clothing, Crockery, Groceries, 4:e., st., Coudersport, I. COLLINS SMITH, DEALER. in Dry Goods. Groceries, Hardware, cinecnsware, Cutlery, and all Goods usually found in a country Store. Coudersport, .sHON". 27 ; ISCI.. COLTD - F,IISPORT HOTEL, D. F. GLASS:MiIIi:, Proprietor, Corner o Main and Second Streets, Coudersport, Pot ccc C 0 .., I'a. • .A..l.ivery Stable is also kept in connee Linn with this Htitel. H. J. OLMSTED, DEALER IN STOVES, TIN d: SHEET IRON WARE, Main st., nearly opposite the Court House, Coudersport, I'a. Tin and Sheet Iron Ware made to order, in good style, on short notice. 15 - M. J. C. BeALARNEY. MILLER S ItIcAI,ARNEY,- , ATTORNI4III7S--.A.T—LAW, FIAIIItISBTJE,Gr, PA.,. AGENTS for the Collection of Clait rs against the United States and State GOT crnon4ts, such it Pension, Bounty, Arreai of Pay'ke. Add.iess Dos D 5, Harrisburg, Pa. Pension Bonn' ty and War Claim Agency. PENSIONS procured for soldiers of the present war Who arc disabled by reason of wounds received or disease contractracted while in the service of the United Slates ; and pensions, bounty, and arrears of pay obtained for widows or heirs of those who have died or been killed while in service. All tette! s . of inquiry prouitly answered, and on receipt by mail of a statement of the ease of claimant I will forward the necessary papers for their signature. Fees in Pension cases s fixed by law. Rxrinis.xcEs.—Hon. ISAAC BENSCL Hon. A. G. aLMSTED, J. S. MANN, Po';il., KNox , Esq. D.IN BAKER., • Claim. Agent Couderpoit Pa: June 8, 110 WARD ASSOCIATION, ADELPHIA, PA. rikISEASES of 1111 ry and sexua treatment—in rei §OCIATION—se itnrelopes, free o SKILLIN HOUGI 1:e 2 South Matti !.:/jy 1864. he Nervous, Seminal, Urina -1 s 3 stems—neW and reliable ports of the HOWARD AS : t by mail in sealed letter I charge. Address, pr. ITON, Howard Association Street, l'hilatlclid.tia, Pa. 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She loved beside the ripen door To sit at close of day, Arid watch thel sunset glories As they sloWly paled away. • And once When twilight shadows O'er hill and dale were spread, Through memory's haunted chambers ' She walked With reverent tread. .1 When, lifting up her eyelids, She saw amid the gloom, A dim and my4;ic company • Were circling round( the room. TUT clasped their hands tof,rether And they sang, "The Hours are we, Coma from yody past existence• To bear you company.: , _ Their voices rore like singing, I ;.Or the chimes of silver bells; tAnd some werd, crowned with amaranth, And some with asphodels. • iNarneg.f fogot, they chanted, WAndlong-lopt ringing taughter, ith which 110 own once blended, 1 Like echoes,followed after. One little spritcl "' came near her With noiseldss, tripping tread, I llnd slowly re4hing forth his hand . He laid it miller head.. {"This hair is rpry white," zaid; be, .."Hut I ieine=n,ber well - 'When it around your shoulder's Like captur4l sunbeams fell; seen Thu I.ll2nse the btitterfiies And clash yfinr hands. iniglee ; co'lne (font yoerlog Lu yon rdwerober we ?" - , The l n e. lienrt-criord long since A l t. the waste -touch awoke. 'And tears rose Ito her fatied ey' Though not v word she spo Then another iorm approache Oh, very faiThwas he; ' nisi robes Nsereiillilte the sunshi Which glitters on the sea. lie Arrived al wireath of roses, And he dariFed around . her c And sang; 4or, you I painted Such pictilqs in the air. "I made yotir ilife a joyoup son to. dancing 'measure set— Yoiii surely do remember me? . . Yau ncvef• can fUrget, ?"—• 4 : - Sadly the wnraan answered, 'sour fade I well do know, Dut:tiie j'ictlire which. you painted 41 faded long ago."— : Theh. another stood beside her Its simple raiment drest, Duq in.her Sweet humility, She fat otitshone the rest. • Said she, "Ton forM of brightness,. Arched rainbows o'er your head, I tool,: them down and gave you Tlie clear lade sky instead. "Yon sadly thissedlthe.rainbows, For the tears were in your eyes, And iyou could notsee an angel Tlirough all Livid:lrk disguise. "Nod: te4 me while I linger, Ain I n.welcomeiguest, Thotigh once I walked beside you Ini§bber raiment drest 7"— " "ThOugh frotri my heart's bright garden," Tile woman':softlysaid "Yo 4 took some gorgeous blossoms, • You left Ifeart's-.Ehse Then very lo l w and tenderly Another vdice did say, "Do you remember me ? I came Upon your wedding-day. 'The; old eli n rch bells sent merrily ' Their glad 'notes every where; Like a. thousand benedictions Soft pulsing through the air.= T etwhere the moon'shone brightest Shb raised her wasted band And showed a name, deep graven, On aslender golden band. I Said:she, ere yonder willow, Wares in the darkness lone, ' A name like ibis is written Upqn a marble stone. Thai grave is very lonely, Dui wherefore should I weep I That Pod, in his compassion, Gives his bbleved sleep? , ; "A little while I journey on, AMong these shadows dim; For, thotgh tie can not come to rue, I Ore can go to him."-- With glory resting 'round him A Strangers Form drew near; But the wondrous words he uttered None but herself might hear. hands she Her hands she meekly folded, And'done With earthly strife, She said, "Tbou, too, art welcome, 0 Last-Hour of my life." Then,; like one,whose 179rk is finished, Het' hands dbross her breast, She cliltuly clbsttd her °Yes and slept; In Death's serenest rest. 1 ' And the phantom train together Passed thrdugh the oPen door, And ih the little'cuttagd, There was silence eydrmore. i r , ;Wo'Fiert v. - ore born, so fife declaregy To Ttnooth bur Elva and our cares A nii"ti.3 but just , for by inv uoth, Tley'rt: v apt tg rttliti; both. Debotea to the Tirii)eiPie , s of. Due Dehlocileij, qn3 flo of bjohlit9, 11.iteNtoe 'Ol3 t'e6s. COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 2, 1865. PERILS OF A SCOUT Among the scouta sent out awin g the battles of the Potomac, was Dick 8., of Ohio. Ile had seen some perilous and thrilling adventures among the rebels, which cannot be better told than in his own words. I was- out scouting, with three or four others, when We , got seperated, and on turning a bend in the road, suddenly came upon a party of rebel cavalry. They commanded me to halt. I replied by firing my revolver at the foremost, and then putting spurs to my hbrse galloped away, but the rebels were not disposed so easily to loose their prey,and they follow ed, all going at a break neck pace, and they firing upon me as they could get near enough. Presently I perceived a path way in the woods, that led off from the main road. Into this path I turned my. horse, as I though the trees would afford me a better chance to escape thorn and their bullets. My horse was fleet and tiled to bruTh, and I gained on them a li tle. I began: to think my chance was to erable, when I came to a large tree t at had blown down directly across my path, and when I attempted to leap it,my hors stumbled and fell, throwing me off and before I could remount the rebels were upon me. 'Surrender !' shouted a sergeant, 'sur render, you d—d i blue bellied Yankee, or I'll bloW your heart out l' And ,he pointed his revolver at me, which motion was followed b,y, the rest of the crowd. 'See here, old covy,' said I, /put up your popgun, and take me prisoner if you like, but don't murder a fellow in that barbarous manner.' Of course I was a prisoner, and thot' it was the better part of valor to fall in and trust to chance and strategy to get we out. So I was in line, toted up to tke rebel cam), and brought before the note nobs Stonewall. The General eyed me ECM abciut one nainute, and then said : !Well sir they tell me you are a Yankee spy.' (Whew ! thought I, this is more than I bagained fur ; but I -was determined to put a jolly face on the matter, and Isaid • iYes, General, that's what they, say ; lint you rebels are such blamed liar thd i ro's no knowing when to believe what they say. I thought the Yankees could out lie any other nation, but bang me if you fellers can't, beat ns. 'Ala,' said the General, 'You don't seem to have a very exalted opinion of your brethren.' 'Why should I have 7' said I. I've lost and suffered a good deal in Chat same Yankee nation.' 'That's strange said the Gendial. Don't the Union officers treat their • eoldiers well ?' 'They're like all other officers,' said I, tobd and,bad among them; but that's not' where the shoe pinches. To make a long story short, although I live in Vir ginia, I was favorably disposed to. the Uni . on cause, but the- beggarly Lincon iteslwouldn't believeit ; so they fed their trocc i ps on my granary and cupboard till I was about ruined, and when I wanted pay they told me I was a fool, and said if I was a good Union man, I ought - to be glad to aid the . Government. One 'day' one of the officers told me if I would en list they would think better of me, and instpad of.destroying my property would protect it. So the upshot of itiwas-I was compelled to enlist to save my property. 'That's a plaUsible story,' said the General. 'but not a very probable one.— Why did'nt you come into our lines at once. if you wanted protection?' 'That's just what I'm coming at,' eaid I. was sent out with a scouting party so I kept on scouting till I got within your lines and was taken by your cavalry. 'Take care, young man,' said the Gen eral sternly; 'I understand you attempt ed to escape. This was a poser; but-as I had got .under way, I thought :1 must try and make the ripple, I felt tolerable streak ed about the result, too, but I said, earn estly : 'Of course I did. Who wouldn't with a half dozen horses and bullets after him? I hadn't time to say surrender, and be. sides the officer cursed, me. I don't like to be cursed, it's against my, principles; and then I was mighty mad to see such bea.s!tly cowards, that I half made up my mind to get away from both sides'and go t• Cenada.' 'The General looked at me and then at his staff, and they all smiled,while I look. ed as sober as a deacon. I bad heard that the General was a pious old fellow, and'l thought tint would tickle him. ' 'Are you willing,' said he, 'to take the oath of allegiance to the confederacy, and our cause !' 'To be sure,' said I; told you before that I had been trying to get' into your lines. But I don't wan't to fight for you if I Au] not protected in my rights. I want my property respected.' 'Where do you live?' asked be. 'At l'hillippi ' said I ‘4114 got nice property up there, and I want it to be! taken care of.' 'Well,' said the General, 'we are going up that way shortly, and, whether you go with us or not, we will protect your prop. erty. In-the meantime I will think of your offer, but for the present, as the evidences are against you, you will be placid under guard, for you Yankees are too slippery to be trusted with too much liberty. Events show that You don't know how to use it.' After this I was kept under guard,and Was treated perhaps as well as they were and nothing to brag of at that. The next day there was a great battle. There was much commotion in the rebel camp; and for fear that I should So recaptured, a guard of two was detailed to take me far back. to the rear. We could distinctly hear the thundering of the cannon, and we knew a great battle was commenced. I overheard the guard chuckling at the idea that ! they were exempt. This put a flea in my ear. I knew they were cow ards, and I determined to m- nage them accordingly. My, canteen h d not been taken from me, and, as hick 'mild have it,was half full of tolerable alio had in my pocket a large mOrphine which the surgeon] me a few days before,to take this I slipped into the cant this was accomplished I appeb long swigs at the canteen. boys got a smell of the whiske of them turning to me, said : 4 ,L00k here, Yankee, .that whiskey smplls mighty good. Let us help you drink it, or you'll be so drunk, soon; that welsball have to carry you.' dAll right boys, said I, 'help yourself.' They did help themselves. The beg. gaily rebels soon' finished the whiskey, morphine and all. qt tastes mighty bitter,' said one.— 'what's in it 7' IQuinine,' said L 'I always put qui nine in my whiskey this time o' year. • This satisfied them, and I soon had the satisfaction of seeing my ,guard tolerably drtink,—too drunk to walk, and so they tumbled down, and they ;did not get up ag4in soon. Finding they were 'getting pretty stupid and sleepy; I shook them and said :1 I is here, guard, this a shame. How do You expect to guard Me, drturk as you arelr Teo, guard,' (muttered l ono. 'Your— turn now--you guard us. I Don't leave— opby , Gr—d ' .Pllshoofyon when—wake 'But hold on,' said I 1 'how do you ex pect me tolguard you when I don't know the password 1' By vigorous strokes and punches, Iso far routed him that he muttered: 'Rattlesnake l' I had no doubt but that was the mag ical 'open sesame' that was to give me my liberty. In five minutes the men were fast asleep. The place where we were was in a deep gully in the woods, and about a mile distant was the rebel, camp, My purpose was soon fixed. I swapped clothes with one, which was considerable trouble, as he was as flimsy as a rag; but I succeeded at last in mak ing the exchange, and had the satisfae tion of seeing the drunken rebel nicely buttoned up in Yankee ~regimentals. Taking his arms I hurried away. When I got through the woods I. came 'into a road, and had no sobner done so• than I saw a squad of rebel soldiers. 'Halt I' was the word,which I respond ed to with soldierly precision. 'What are you doing here 7' asked the Lieutenant commanding. I told him that two of us were guard ing a prisoner, and that my comrade and the prisoner were both so drunk I could do nothing with them. 'That's a h-11 of a story,' replied the Lieutenant. believe you are some d—d Yankee spy. I've a mind to clip off your head on suspicion': And he raised his sword. 'Let him prove what he says by show inglis the men,' Euggested one of the squad. At this they all 'laughed, supposing I was bluffed. But when I readily assent ed to this they followed me cautiously, how4ver as I suppose they feared I was leading them into ambush. When the Lieutenant saw the men one in butter lint and one in Yankee blue, asil had represented, he gave each a hearty kick, and said 'Well this is a h--Il of a mess. What are, you going to do about it 7' 'deli* to hunt a wagon and have them carried on,' said I. • This-was satisfactory, land we parted. Finding that, it Would not do to take the road I skulked around the woods all day. When night came I took, as_ I supposed a rout that would lead !me to the Union camp. All night I climbed' the twice I was hailed by the rebel pickets, hut Irattlesnake' carried me safely by.— Jut at daylight I discovered a Camp. oetildbcal the teute twinkle through the woods b'efore•me, andll felt certain ,that it was the Federal Camp. When I got about half way through the piece of woods. I saw something that completely took all exultation of my de livery out of me.' Well, I have been i many a perilous position.- I have had' bayonets, bullets; and bowies rummaging around in the regionOf my loyal bosom ; but never, in all my life was I so aston ished, chagi l inedi so .utterly taken down. There, in the bottom of a broad ravine, not ten stops froOt me, lay the two drunk en guards! Lord;l this was a pretty fix to be sure. I had abcomplished a feat equal to the hero of old mother Goose who went "Fourteen Miles in fifteen days, And neverlooked behind him." One of the guard was sitting up, and endeavoring to rouse the supposed prison er; for he was stilt too much stupefied to recognize the cheat.' Perceiving me, he sun.' out: n 'hay, Bill, this Yankee's too drtink to wake up. What's to be done with him.? Have we been here all night? Lord ! What will the old General say ? Come over here'! 'No,' said _I, feigning his comrade's voice, 'We've been drunk here all night., and I am going to report before he wakes up, or they will have us, in the guard house. You stay and see' to him while I go.' • of gut.' I powder of had given .edasionally en. After red to take last the y, and one 'No, let us wake the devilish lubber up and take him to where we are going to. But blame me if I know where thai is.— Don't go.' - 'But I will,' said I;1 and hurrYing away I was soon out, of sight. This day I hid myself in a hollow t.ree, and, when night came, I took a good look at the stars,an , d b gettinn. my bearings, Started again for the Union Camp. I several tithes came on the rebel pickets, but the 'rattlesnake' snaked me along without,any trouble; all but one, the last one I came to. He was a sprightly little felloiv, and appeared to be determined to have me go with' him to' headquarters. I offered him every excuse I could think Of but it was of no avail, so at last I agreed to go, and we started. I went with) him about half a mile, and, during thattime engaged him in conversation about the affairs of the war, playing the rebel of course, and talk ing in a jolly way, till,finding him a little I unguarded, I sprang upon him and took him down, before he knew what was the matter, he was unarmed. 'Now, youleggarly whelp,' said I,as snatched his gun and sprung away from him, 'about face, and put, or I'll shoot you in a ;minute.' J„t-- The fellow was ' scared, sure, an d lost no time in getting out of my sight. It was now growir , light; and I found myself on the banks of the,Potomao, with the Federal camp far in; the distance. As there was no other Way of conveyance, I was forced to swim the river, wltioh was no easy job, considering I had. two mus kets to carry. However, I got safely over' and was just climbing the bank when a musket was leveled at me, and , a clear voice rung out 'Stand ! who goes there T This I knew was a Union picket; so I told him I had been taken prisoner, and had escaped ; and I lad been two days without eating; and wanted him to lot me go, or take me at once into camp where I could get something to eat and some dty clothes, I had no doubt but he believed this, 'and would immediately comply; but the answer was an ominious click of the trigger. believe ydu're a real Butternut Reb el,' said the picket,l'and I've a notion to givo you a pop, anyhow,' 'But I ain't,' said I :What are you doing with them butter nut regimentals on then, and them two muskets?' said ho. I saw my fix, and hungering dripping and shivering aal was,b3toad-beforo that grinning musket till I had told my story. Finally upon my giving him the names of our Colonel and thiptain, and mention ing several other matters familiar to him he was satisfied, fdr he belonged to the same regiment that I did. GENTILITY.---Genteel it is to have soft hands, but not genteel to work on lands. Genteel;it is to lie abed, but not gai ted to earn your bread. Genteel it is to cringe and bow, but not genteel to sots and plow. Genteel it is to play the beau, but not genteel to reap and mow. Genteel it is to keep a gig, b,ut not genteel to hoe and dig. , •- ' Genteel it is in trade to fail, bat not genteel to Swinc , a flail. ! • Gbriteel it is to play the fool, but net genteel to' keep a_school. Genteel it is to cheat your taller, but not 7enteel to be a sailor. Genteel it is to fight a duel, but not genteel to cut your fuel. Genteel it is to eat rich cake, but not genteel to cook and bake. Genteel it is to have the blues, but not genteel tO wear flock shoes : l TERMS.--$1.50 PER ANNUM. GOOD ,RIILES .EOD. ADD.-4 3 rOfitDe swearine is abominable. - Vulgar language is disgusting: Inquisitiveness is offensive. Tattlino. ° is mean. Telling lies is contemptible. Blander is disgraceful. Laziness is shameful. Avoid all the above vices and aim at usefullness. This is the road by which to heome respectable. Walk in it. Never be shamed of honest labor. Pride is a hateful curse—a 'hateful: vice. Never act the hypocrite. Keep good company. Speak the truth at all times: Never be discouraged but persevere, and mountains will become mole hills. A BOY'S LAWSUIT.—Uadar a great tree, close to the village, two boys found a walnut. "It belongs to me," said Iguatior, "for I was the first to see it." "No it belongs to me," cried Bernard, "for I was the first to pick it up," and so they began to quarrel in earnest. "I will settle the dispute," -said an older boY, who had just come up. Ho placed himself betweeen the two boys : broke the nut in two,then said : - "The one piece of shell belongs to him who first saw the nut; the other pieceef shell belongs to him who first picked it up;but the kernel I keep for judging the case. And this he said, as he sat down and laughed "Is the common end of most lawsuits." "Axe grinding" is a term borrowed from one of the most charming stories told' by Benjamin Franklin. A tittle bey going to school was accosted by a man cairying-an axe. The man calls the boy all [kinds of pretty and endearing names and induces him to enter a yard where there is a grindstone. 'Now, my pretty little fellow," says the man with the axe, '.'only turn that handle and you'll see something pretty." The boy turns, and the man pours water over it until the•axe is ground. Stright waY he turns with a loud voice and fierce gesture on the boy : "Yon abandoned little miscreant," he cried, "what do you mean by plajing truant from school? You deserve a good thrashing. Get ye gone sirrab, this instant. I" Adds Franklin, - "when anybody flatters me I always thot' he had an axe to grind." 'My son,' said a father, 'take that jug, and fetch me some beer.'- /Give me the money,then, father.' • 'My son, to get beer with money, any. body can do that; but to get beer with out money, that's a trick i ." . So the boy 'takes the jugi and, out he goes ; shortly be returns; and places the jug before his father. 'Drink, says the boy. 'How can I drink,' said the fathcr,when there is no-beer in the jug ?' 'To drink beer out of a jug,' says the boy, 'where there is beer, anybody can do that; but to drink beer out of a jug where there is no beer, that's a trick 1' The Western newspapers are in &la cks over a young lady on Rook Prahr, seventeeen years old, who drives her father's reaping team and frequently tales a load of grain to market ‘(fifteen miles) and sells it. ' She plays the piano, does the hondrs of the drawing room with dig nity, can make a loaf• of bread Or play "Bridget" in ma's kitchen with equal readiness. ''addy's description of a fiddle cannot be excelled : 'lt was a thing of the shape of a turkey, and the size of a goose; a man laid hould of the orature, ' turned it ovezi on its back, and then he scraped its belly with a stick until he made the ora tor° aquale; and och I St. Patrick ! how it equaled l' - He who, by his conduct, makes goad friends 'on the one hand,and bitter haters , on the other, gives evidence that there is' something of the bold independent, up right man in his ;composition ; while the , chicken hearted, imbecile character is capable of making neither friends nor foes A father was winding his watch, when / he said, playfully, to his little girl, 'Let me . wind your nose up.i. 'No,' said she 'ldont want my nose wound up,for I don't want it to run all day.' - Chicago, it is stated, is at the mercy of the rats which' infest the large Franer ies of that locality. In many portions of the city, the foundations of the largest buildings are mined by the rats and aro in danger of falling. A.Western editor complains that big poverty came very near being expOsed l to to the.world. A pickpocket relieved hint of his purse, but unexpectedly and; con lsiderately refrained from saying any thing abcat its contents. ns...We are apt to hate them I whq won't take our advice and; despise the= who do.
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